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Accessibility Assistance Information
Personal Assistance
Personal assistance is allowed at any stage of the electoral process. You may choose anyone to assist you as long as that person is not a candidate, your employer, an agent of your employer, or an agent of your union. You may also request assistance from an election worker at any voting location.
A personal assistant may help you:
You may also contact the Division of Elections or use the TTY telecommunications device by calling (907) 465-3020.
To learn about the Alaska Division of Elections’ protocol for voters with visual impairments, refer to our Visual Impairment Policy (pdf).
Outreach
The Division of Elections provides registrar training and/or voter outreach to a variety of community agencies, such as the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Access Alaska, Southeast Alaska Independent Living and the Alaska State Independent Living Council.
Accessible Polling Locations
The Division of Elections conducts surveys of statewide polling places to check for ADA compliance. We make every effort to ensure polling places are accessible to all Alaskans. This sometimes includes temporary solutions, such as portable ramps, doorknob converters, ballot call doorbells for those who need assistance gaining entry to the polling place, and temporary van-accessible parking spots.
Inside the polling place, the Division of Elections provides magnifying viewers for the visually impaired and Voting Tablets equipped with magnified text and audio ballots.
To Find Your Polling Location
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Voting Tablet
Alaska’s Voting Tablets allow disabled voters to vote unassisted through the use of a magnified, high contrast and audio ballot. During elections with a federal race on the ballot, a Voting Tablet will be available at Early voting locations 15 days prior to an election as well as at each polling place on Election Day. Voting Tablets are intended for the blind, disabled and voters with reading difficulties.
Election workers are happy to assist you with the Voting Tablet.
Language Assistance using the Voting Tablet
In addition to English, the Voting Tablet offers an audio ballot in the following languages (languages vary by region):
Voting Tablet Information
There are two types of Voting Tablet printers; one is called Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) the other is an HP printer both options use the same Voting Tablet. The tablet has the following features:
American Sign Language (ASL) Voter Information
Special Needs Voting
Special needs voting is for voters whose disability, illness, or age prevents them from going to a polling place. It allows them to have a personal representative pick up and deliver a ballot to them.
What is a personal representative?
A personal representative is a person who can pick up and deliver a ballot for you if you are unable to vote in person due to age, illness, or disability. They can assist you in any step of the voting process and can be anyone except for candidates, your employer, agents of your employer, or officers or an agent of your union. They can pick up a ballot at any absentee voting location starting 15 days before Election Day or at your polling place. For more information on special needs voting, contact your Regional Elections Office.
How Special Needs Voting Works
Audio and Text Information
Ballot Measures on the Ballot
Ballot measures on the Ballot in spoken audio and text formats.
Candidate Statements
Individual Election candidate statements in spoken audio and text formats.
Official Election Pamphlet (OEP)
Primary Ballot Measures Pamphlet and General Official Election Pamphlet digital versions.
Audio files are created in conjunction with the Talking Book Center no later than 22 days prior to Election Day. For additional audio assistance, including access to archived files, the Talking Book Center can be contacted at (907) 465-1315 or toll-free at 888-820-4525 (within Alaska), by email or by visiting their website.
Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) is a federal law passed in 2002 that provided funding and requirements for states to modernize and improve the administration of elections, especially in the wake of the controversial 2000 U.S. presidential election. HAVA established minimum standards for voting systems, such as requirements for accessibility, accuracy, and reliability, and created the Election Assistance Commission to provide guidance and assistance to states.
What can a person do if he or she becomes aware of a violation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA)?
A person who believes that there is a violation of any provision of Title III of HAVA, including a violation that has occurred, is occurring, or is about to occur, with respect to an election for national office, may file a written, notarized complaint with the Division of Elections.
A violation of Title III would include issues dealing with the following HAVA sections:
Administrative Complaint Information
Complaints for HAVA Title III violations must be filed using the division’s administrative complaint form.
Statewide toll-free administrative complaint line: 1-888-465-5857
Legislation and State Plan
You may also wish to contact the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights (external webpage).